Congratulations to Sarah Peacock, LPL's newest alumna!
Sarah defended her dissertation, Predicting the Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation Environment Around Low-Mass Stars, on November 22, 2019; Professor Travis Barman served as Sarah's advisor. In January, Sarah will begin a postdoctoral position at LPL working with Travis Barman.
For the Fall 2019 semester (October 17–21), the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL) graduate student field trip class (PTYS 594A) ventured to the Zuni–Bandera Volcanic Field in New Mexico.
As everyone returns to campus at the end of August, one of the first events on the LPL calendar is the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory Conference, or LPLC. LPLC is our graduate student organized and run internal conference which gives each member of the department and the
The 2019 Art of Planetary Science exhibit, held November 15-17 in the Kuiper Space Sciences building, hosted six new experiences and showcased over 200 works of space-themed art created by over 100 artists. The exhibit broke previous attendance records, welcoming 700 visitors over three days. The exhibit was organized to feature
Planetary Sciences graduate students have been developing a partnership with Sahuarita Middle School in order to introduce planetary science topics to middle school math students.
This fall, LPL staff and students were busy reaching out not only to the local community but all of Arizona as well. Several events centered around moonfest, the University of Arizona’s extended celebration of the Apollo moon landings and future lunar exploration. We were able to
